House Commerce Committee Approves Federal Spectrum Incentive Act

The House of Representatives Commerce Committee approved, by unanimous voice vote, the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act (H.R. 3674), authored by Reps Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Doris Matsui (D-CA).

The bill would create a new path for government spectrum users to relinquish spectrum and receive a portion of net auction revenues instead of relocation costs. Reps Guthrie and Matsui are co-chairs of the subcommittee’s bipartisan Federal Spectrum Working Group, which continues to examine how the federal government can use the nation’s airwaves more efficiently.